As the Utah Symphony prepares to close its 2022-2023 season, the organization celebrates the remarkable achievements of Music Director Thierry Fischer. Throughout his tenure with the orchestra, Fischer has brought a bold and innovative approach to programming, elevating the ensemble to new heights and captivating audiences with his charismatic and insightful leadership.
Thierry Fischer leads the Utah Symphony in a fine new recording of Messiaen’s longest orchestral work, made in the very desert landscape that inspired it
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Chamber music concert segment filmed at cathedral
Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
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Utah musicians from the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra practice at the Cathedral of the Madeleine for a Feb. 25 digital concert.
By Linda Petersen
Intermountain Catholic
SALT LAKE CITY – The Cathedral of the Madeleine has been the location for many concerts over the years. Most of them have been in-person, with a livestreaming element added this year due to the pandemic. Earlier this month, it also was the site for a Grand Teton Music Festival digital chamber concert.
Grand Teton Music Festival On Location is a six-concert chamber music series by small ensembles, recorded and produced in the home cities of festival orchestra musicians.
Classical music fans who also crave a Rocky Mountain lifestyle could find no better home than the Salt Lake City region.
The Utah Symphony, led today by music director Thierry Fischer, established itself as one of the countryâs finest back in the 1940s under the leadership of Maurice Abravenal, after whom its 2,800-seat home venue in the heart of the city is named. The Utah Opera has mounted on average four productions a year since 1978 and as many as five in recent years. The city boasts no fewer than three organizations that present ballet performances throughout the year, the acclaimed NOVA Chamber Music Series has presented thoughtful and challenging programs, including many commissioned works, since 1977, and the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Weber State University and Westminster College, all within the greater Salt Lake City region, are considered some of the best music schools in the region, if not the country.